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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
What!, no more four-way stop signs and long backups caused by all the big rigs? We were through there last October, when I did the Front Sight two-day course, and recall a lot of roadwork but still had to endure the junction. We'd like to visit the Prescott, Arizona, area in the not too distant future and will look forward to the better traffic flow.
First went through there, in July '69, on my way to check in at the old George Air Force Base, in Victorville. Turned South onto 395 and remember my stomach rising up as the MG topped out and started its way down the many whoop-de-doos. A desolate area, for sure, with the only living things being road runners, rattlesnakes, Joshua trees and yucca.
Just checked Google Maps and the new detour shows up. Looks like the Mexican pottery, trinket and black velvet Elvis portrait vendors are out of business.
Just watched this, kinda like a place NOT to vacation! Still, interesting.
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JonB
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There was talk last year about starting a unique biathlon in Glencoe, while somewhat jokingly, it would be a bicycle/canoe race...the idea was centered on many new taxpayer funded bike trails and many new taxpayer funded holding ponds scattered around town, LOL.
Now as to a "Tour D'e Glencoe", with a town our size, it'd probably be a course no larger than 6 miles, LOL.
CZ93X62
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Rick--we moved from the IE to Ridgecrest about that same time, July 2008. 110*+ or torrential rainstorms in summer, cold and some snow in winter. I miss most elements of living there, but the parts that sucked REALLY sucked. Enough said. 2 range sites (to 400 and 600 yards, respectively) and 3 GREAT gun shops--small, but hard-working counter folks that took care of customers well. I still go back there for shooting 2-4 times each year.
Michael--I recall a trip back to Ridgecrest one Thanksgiving Sunday coming home from Redlands. Northbound U.S. 395 wasn't real bad traffic-wise, but we had to wait through 3-4 stoplight changes to continue north from S.R. 58. The southbound traffic on 395 north of the junction was backed up for 7 miles, at full stop even at the old tracking station.
Michael--I recall a trip back to Ridgecrest one Thanksgiving Sunday coming home from Redlands. Northbound U.S. 395 wasn't real bad traffic-wise, but we had to wait through 3-4 stoplight changes to continue north from S.R. 58. The southbound traffic on 395 north of the junction was backed up for 7 miles, at full stop even at the old tracking station.
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Sorting threw some stuff at my brothers today I found my Grandads old Mitchel 300 reel. Grandpa passed away in the late 60s and the reel has been sitting since, pretty well froze up, I took some time and some kroil to get it loosened up. Hard telling how many channel catfish this old reel brought in, I'd like to get it back in operation. Anybody know if parts are available? Mainly drag parts, the teflon? washer, drag/spool nut ect.
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
The company is still in business, and they still make the #300. I would E-mail them and see what they can do for you. Current models are polymer-body and aluminum spool variants, and sell in the $45-$60 bracket. I have one I should clean up and put back in service, a left-hand #301 from the early 1960s.
Ian
Notorious member
The Garcia-Mitchell 308 and 300 were the bomb. I have a 307? left hand but crank with my left hand so it wasn't very useful. Wore out more 308s than I can remember. Spin-cast right handed, fly-fish left handed, weird but that's how I do it. Mitchell dropped the Garcia marketing side in the 80's as I recall, the anti-reverse pawls and the catch that holds the bail were the weak links if you didn't kill the drag mechanism. Spinning reels aren't really made to use much drag, the cone clutch can't take it for long. Glad to know they're still in business after all these years, I never was a fan of Shimano or Zebco.
